Saturday, December 1, 2012

"An angel showed me the river of life-giving water,"

The book of Revelation of St.
John, read in the Church's liturgy, first reveals to us, "A throne stood
in heaven, with one seated on the throne": "the Lord God." It then
shows the Lamb, "standing, as though it had been slain": Christ
crucified and risen, the one high priest of the true sanctuary, the same
one "who offers and is offered, who gives and is given." Finally it
presents "the river of the water of life . . . flowing from the throne
of God and of the Lamb," one of most beautiful symbols of the Holy
Spirit.

Liturgy the "apex"

Raccomandato

MCITL 10th Anniversary: The Catechism and Scriptures together in the Sunday homily

"The integration of elements of the Catechism of the Catholic Church with the readings from the Lectionary offers us an opportunity to demonstrate how the Word of God is able to animate our personal and communal life with Christ and, at the same time, articulate the Church’s faith that has been immeasurably enriched by the living tradition of twenty centuries."

-- Archbishop Donald Wuerl, intervention at the Synod of Bishops on the Word of God